A California congressman opposed to the Bush administration’s bailout package said “the sky did not fall” after the House rejected the bill, despite consternations from “Wall Street fear mongers.”

Rep. Brad Sherman (D) didn’t call Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson a Chicken Little outright, but he did say the dire consequences Paulson and others ( Read more... )

September 28th, 2008

We Are Under Martial Law As Declared By The Speaker Last Night

September 28, 2008 C-SPAN

Congressman Burgess asks the Speaker of the House to post the bailout bill on the internet for at least 24 hours instead of passing the largest piece of legislation in US financial history in the “dark of night.”

The most frightening part of ( Read more... )

Bloomberg is reporting Treasury Seeks Authority to Buy Mortgages Unchecked by Courts. The Bush administration sought unchecked power from Congress to buy $700 billion in bad mortgage investments from financial companies in what would be an unprecedented government intrusion into the markets.

"He's asking for a huge amount of power," said Nouriel ( Read more... )

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Bush Administration Seeks "Dictatorial Power"

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4:00 p.m. - Helena-West Helena Curfew Changes

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Part of Helena-West Helena Under Lockdown

Posted By: Ebone' Mone't 1 day ago

Authorities say in an attempt to stop the violence, a neighborhood on the Westside of Helena-West Helena is under a 24-hour, non-stop curfew that could be extended for days.

It's a tale of two cities. The result of what police are calling a small gang turf war. Neighbors ( Read more... )

By Matthew Rothschild, July 23, 2008

How bad can it get?

That’s the question I've been wrestling with for a while here, given the Bush administration's utter disdain for the rule of law.

And I'm wrestling even more with it now, having just read an article by investigative reporter Tim Shorrock over at salon.com.

In it, he talks about something called " ( Read more... )

False flag coming?

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US House committee investigates Bush 'expansion' of constitutional powers

Added: July 28, 2008

For 2 months at Camp Pendleton there have been military operations on an increasing scale and the local news have provided sanitized versions of these ops. With an upcoming attack on Iran and who ( Read more... )

Tell Congress: Reject Endless War and a Torture Cover-Up

President Bush and Attorney General Mukasey have a plan to make the entire globe - including the United States itself - a “battlefield” where the president decides who will be locked up forever.

The legislation Mukasey is pushing would also subvert the Constitution, authorize indefinite ( Read more... )

McCain: Forget Democracy, Do What The Military Says
by: Chris Bowers
Sun Jul 20, 2008 at 22:35

Elected presidents of the United States and Iraq should just do what the leaders ( Read more... )